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G. H. WARING. F1sh Plate Patented April 5, I881.

WITNESSES: 4107M ATTORNEYS. 5

UNITED STATES PATENT Oriana.

GEORGE H. WVABING, OF INDIANTOl/VN, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA, AS- SIGNOR TOHIMSELF AND CHARLES MILLER, OF SAME PLACE.

FISH-PLATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 239,898, dated April 5,1881.

Application filed October 26, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE H. WARING, ofIndiantown, New Brunswick, Canada, have invented a new and ImprovedFish-Plate, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved fish-plate foruse on railroads, whereby the ends of the rails will be more securelyheld and the transverse strain upon the hold ing bolts entirely avoided.

The invention consists of a fish-plate having around its bolt-holesprojecting thimbles whose length is equal to half the thickness of arail-web, so that when two plates are applied to opposite sides of arail the thimbles entering the corresponding holes in the web will meetin the center thereof; audit consists, further, of a combination of theplates and thimbles with the rail-web.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation ofa fishplate fastened to arail-web. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section of the same on line mm,Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the same on line yy, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, A represents a fish-plate, consisting of a flat plate,A, provided on one face with projecting thimbles a a, of such anexternal diameter as to fit into the corresponding holes, I), madethrough the rail-webs B, so

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that when the said rail-webs B contract or expand said thimbles a asupport all the strain. Said thimbles a a are half as long as thethickness of the web B, so that when two fish-plates,-

A A, are fitted upon'rails as shown, their thimbles a a meet in thecenters of the holes I) b. The bolts 0 Care then inserted through thethimbles a a, and held in place by nuts 00, as shown.

It will be seen the bolts (3 G are entirely protected from lateralstrain, because of being incased in the thimbles a a. Hence said bolts 0G will not readily become loose, and will last 2. The combination, withthe rail-web B, of

the fish-plates A, thimbles a a, and nuts and bolts 0 a, substantiallyas herein shown and described.

GEORGE HART WARING. Witnesses: HARRY TAPLEY, G. BOWPER PIDGEON.

